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VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN)

Nasdaq: VRSN · Services-Computer Programming Services · Reston, VA · filing with the SEC since 1997
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

445 patents granted to the 2 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to VeriSign, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
445
439 utility, 6 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
19
Against 16 in 2024 and 24 in 2023
Applications published
419
13 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
2
its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Digital communication89
Computer technology13
IT methods for management2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
VeriSign, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
445 granted
229 published
VERISIGN, INC. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
190 published
Names not counted (1)
eNIC Corporation
Most of its patents print KR; this name counts in US. 2 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,512,993Verifier credential determination by a registrantDigital communicationVeriSign, Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,506,702Authorization and refusal of modification, and partial modification ability, of a network identifierDigital communicationVeriSign, Inc.
Dec 9, 202512,495,023Symmetric-key infrastructureDigital communicationVeriSign, Inc.
Nov 4, 202512,463,956DNS package in a networkDigital communicationVeriSign, Inc.
Sep 23, 202512,425,491Caching proxy for a digital object architectureDigital communicationVeriSign, Inc.
Sep 23, 202512,425,228Methods and systems for blockchain name identifiersDigital communicationVeriSign, Inc.
Sep 16, 202512,418,505Multiple provisioning object operationDigital communicationVeriSign, Inc.
Sep 16, 202512,418,396Hash-based digital signatures for hierarchical internet public key infrastructureDigital communicationVeriSign, Inc.
Sep 9, 202512,413,548Systems and methods for domain name system promotion and redemptionDigital communicationVeriSign, Inc.
Aug 12, 202512,388,840Strengthening integrity assurances for DNS dataDigital communicationVeriSign, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0392562SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM PROMOTION AND REDEMPTIONDigital communicationVeriSign, Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0392439HASH-BASED DIGITAL SIGNATURES FOR HIERARCHICAL INTERNET PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTUREDigital communicationVeriSign, Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0385888MULTIPLE PROVISIONING OBJECT OPERATIONDigital communicationVeriSign, Inc.
Nov 13, 20252025/0350607STRENGTHENING INTEGRITY ASSURANCES FOR DNS DATADigital communicationVeriSign, Inc.
Oct 16, 20252025/0323891SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A DOMAIN NAME USING A USER INTERFACEDigital communicationVeriSign, Inc.
Oct 9, 20252025/0317307PROVING TOP LEVEL DOMAIN NAME CONTROL ON A BLOCKCHAINDigital communicationVERISIGN, INC.
Jun 26, 20252025/0211453INTEGRATED DNS SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICES USING CERTIFICATE-BASED AUTHENTICATIONDigital communicationVeriSign, Inc.
Jun 12, 20252025/0193186GTLD DOMAIN NAME REGISTRIES RDAP ARCHITECTUREDigital communicationVeriSign, Inc.
May 22, 20252025/0165570TRANSFERRING A DOMAIN NAME ON A SECONDARY BLOCKCHAIN MARKET AND IN THE DNSDigital communicationVeriSign, Inc.
Apr 10, 20252025/0119292SHARED REGISTRATION SYSTEMDigital communicationVeriSign, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Digital communication 19 · Computer technology 4 · IT methods for management 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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